tornado
Tornadoes connect a storm cloud with the surface. This topic is part of Weather within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 9 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
tornado trivia questions
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to what?
Answer: Ground
Bonus fact: Tornadoes connect a storm cloud with the surface.
What scale rates tornado damage in the United States?
Answer: Enhanced Fujita scale
Bonus fact: The EF scale estimates wind speeds from damage.
What type of thunderstorm produces many strong tornadoes?
Answer: Supercell
Bonus fact: Supercells have rotating updrafts.
Tornado intensity in the United States is rated using what scale?
Answer: Enhanced Fujita scale
Bonus fact: The EF scale estimates wind speed from damage.
What does EF stand for in EF5 tornado?
Answer: Enhanced Fujita
Bonus fact: The Enhanced Fujita scale replaced the original Fujita scale in the U.S.
In the NWS three-stage thunderstorm life cycle, which stage is most likely to produce hail, heavy rain, frequent lightning, strong winds, and tornadoes?
Answer: Mature stage
Bonus fact: A mature thunderstorm can reach roughly 40,000 to 60,000 feet in depth.
The Fujita scale rates the intensity of what?
Answer: Tornadoes
Bonus fact: It estimates tornado strength from damage.
What weather phenomenon is a rotating funnel cloud whose circulation reaches the ground?
Answer: Tornado
Bonus fact: A funnel cloud that does not reach the ground is not classified as a tornado by this NWS glossary definition.
A mature thunderstorm often reaches approximately what vertical depth?
Answer: 40,000 to 60,000 feet
Bonus fact: The mature stage is also when hail, heavy rain, lightning, strong winds, and tornadoes are most likely.